Claremont
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33117114
Description
- Title
- Claremont
- Alternative Title
- Late residence of our much beloved and truly lamented Lady, the Princess Charlotte of Wales ...
- Published / Created
- [1817]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
All-engraved card printed with a black mourning board, with an image of her home Claremont below the title and below, nine lines that provide biographical details and an anecdote a snuff box that she had commissioned before her death, a gift for her husband Prince Leopold. A poem of nine lines, intended to be inscribed on the lid of the snuff box, is engraved below
- Description
-
Title from texted engraved above image.
First line of verse: To Claremonts terrac'd heights, and Esher's Groves ...
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; April 2023.
- Extent
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 12 x 8 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- File 56 C47 817C
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Poetry
Memorial cards
Poems
Ephemera
Engravings England London 1817 - Material
- 1 illustration ; and card hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- text and still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Name)
-
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865.
Claremont House (Surrey, England), - Subject (Topic)
- Official residences
- Subjects
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Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817 > Poetry
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Claremont House (Surrey, England)
Official residences > England
England > London > 1817
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16629396
- Object ID (OID)
- 33117114